From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Stephane Eranian Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2004 23:37:43 +0000 Subject: Re: GL-related crash w/ X 4.3 & kernel 2.6 Message-Id: <20040116233743.GD6176@frankl.hpl.hp.com> List-Id: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: linux-ia64@vger.kernel.org Matthew, We got 3d acceleration to work just fine on a ZX2000 with 2.6.1 and Debian/testing. Flightgear works fine, no lock ups. The video card is a Radeon 7200 (R100 QD), we've loaded the hp_agp and radeon modules. Have you tried with 2.6.1? On Mon, Dec 29, 2003 at 07:41:44PM +0000, Matthew Wilcox wrote: > > I'm not terribly familiar with how X and the kernel interact, so please > bear with me if I used the wrong terms. > > The slow way to reproduce the problem: > Run glxgears and do other things. Eventually X will stop responding. > Took a few hours. > > The fast way: > Run flightgear. This typically locks up within a minute or two. > > I can still ssh into the machine. Running top typically shows either > X or the application hogging 99% of the CPU. The mouse pointer still > moves on the screen, but the focus will not change to any other X app. > The window manager does not respond. > > The machine is a zx2000 workstation with a Radeon 7000/VE card. Kernel is > 2.6.0 plus some additional changes (mostly jgarzik's latest netdrivers > patch) [but it's happened with other 2.6 kernels]. The X server is > Debian's 4.3.0-0pre1v5 [but it's happened with other 4.3.0 releases]. > > First, can anyone else reproduce this or not, and with what other > combinations of X, kernel, hardware, etc? > > Second, since neither strace nor gdb is willing to cooperate in helping > to track this down, can anyone more knowledgable than I about the ways > of GL suggest how to start debugging this? > > -- > "Next the statesmen will invent cheap lies, putting the blame upon > the nation that is attacked, and every man will be glad of those > conscience-soothing falsities, and will diligently study them, and refuse > to examine any refutations of them; and thus he will by and by convince > himself that the war is just, and will thank God for the better sleep > he enjoys after this process of grotesque self-deception." -- Mark Twain > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ia64" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html -- -Stephane